Benny & Joon Page #5

Synopsis: In Spokane, Washington, Juniper Pearl - Joon to those that know her - is an artist. She is also a mentally challenged young woman who requires around the clock care, as she could cause harm to herself or others. Her brother Benny Pearl, who owns and operates a garage and who is her only living relative since their parents died twelve years ago in a car accident, has made the decision that she would live at home with him, in the process sacrificing being able to have a personal life of his own. He has hired full-time housekeepers to provide that care when he isn't around. However, he has exhausted the list of housekeepers, who keep quitting because Joon is too much to handle. As such, Benny makes the decision that perhaps it would be best for all concerned if Joon were to live in a group home, something he is hesitating telling her for fear of her reaction. Into their lives comes Sam, the eccentric cousin of Benny's friend Mike, Sam who they obtained from Mike in a losing hand of poker.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jeremiah S. Chechik
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
PG
Year:
1993
98 min
900 Views


Hey, watch the door.

Joon.

Look, I know you want to be left alone.

But you do not belong in here.

Now,

how would you like to try

livin' in your own apartment?

- An apartment?

- Yeah.

There's an apartment

available in Ruthie's building.

You'd let me live in an apartment?

That's up to you.

I'm through makin'

those decisions for you.

Listen, I...

I'm sorry I was such a jerk.

And about Sam, I was wrong.

I was dead wrong.

- I scared him away.

- No, you didn't.

He's here.

- He is not.

- He's here. He got me in here!

- He's somewhere in the building.

- He is not.

You'd never let me have him.

God.

Why do you hate me so much?

I don't hate you.

You need me to be sick.

Juniper Pearl's chart, please.

Thank you.

Hey, wait! Wally! Wait! Wait!

Put him down! He's mine.

I've been lookin' for him.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah. I'll take care of him.

- Sam, you can't be in here.

- Where's Joon's room?

- I've gotta see her.

- Come on, come on.

Give me a reason why

I shouldn't have you arrested.

- It's that one.

- Yeah.

See? Sam, where you goin'?

Benny, this is exactly

what we were trying to avoid.

By now, Joon would be in a caring

and controlled environment.

Isn't it obvious now that

you two need some distance?

Why don't we ask Joon what she wants?

Sam, what are you doin'?

Hey, Sam, come on! Get down, right now!

I don't know exactly what I want.

I do know... that I am tired of

everyone telling me what to do.

Sam, come on!

Don't touch that!

Sam, leave that! I'm beggin' you!

Joon, we want what's best for you.

I know that.

I...

Sam, come down now!

You're gonna get in trouble!

I think I want to try

living in my own apartment.

Hm. I don't know.

Sam, stop swinging!

But I'm willing to let you try.

I'll prepare the papers for her release.

Thank you, Dr. Garvey.

Come down! Sam!

Whoa! Whoa!

- Are you OK?

- Ouch! Ouch!

I know.

Me, too.

I'm gonna check you out, OK?

OK.

Haven't we tried this before?

Yeah, but my life's

a lot less complicated now.

- Is Joon inside?

- Yeah.

OK.

# When I wake up,

well, I know I'm gonna be

# I'm gonna be the man

who wakes up next to you

# When I go out,

yeah, I know I'm gonna be

# I'm gonna be the man

who goes along with you

# If I get drunk,

well, I know I'm gonna be

# I'm gonna be the man

who gets drunk next to you

# And if I haver,

yeah, I know I'm gonna be

# I'm gonna be the man

who's haverin' to you

# But I would walk five hundred miles

# And I would walk five hundred more

# Just to be the man

who walked a thousand miles

# To fall down at your door

# And I would walk five hundred miles

# And I would walk five hundred more

# Just to be the man

who walked a thousand miles

# To fall down at your door

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